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School: Moynalty (C.)

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Moynalty, Co. Meath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 015

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    house and its head down?
    A nail in a man's boot.
    What is it that is full in the morning and empty at night?
    A pair of boots.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan one side a woman and the other a man?
    A penny.
    If Dick's father was Tom's son what relation was Dick to Tom?
    His Grandfather.
    My big father behind the press with two hundred coats on him?
    An onion
    One head one foot and four legs?
    A bed.
    Blackie and whitie went over the hill.
    Blackie came back and whitie stood still?
    A black hen laid a white egg over the hill.
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball a split in the middle and hair round it all?
    Your eye.
    What colour does flog make a boy?
    It makes him yell-o.
    One half dead they other half alive and a tail wagging?
    A dog with his head in a pot.
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